Apologies (especially to Lizzie!!) for not writing recently. Being back at uni, doing my last year of a psychology degree, has sent me into a mini breakdown! I do so much reading for an assignment and then get totally overwhelmed with what direction to take, so I end up getting frustrated and achieving nothing!! But I know I’ll get through it just as I have done up until now.
So I’m having to start thinking of what to do when I finish. I was planning to go on and do my masters and PhD but have decided against that. So the plan is now to try and get a job where I can fully use my degree and maybe continue learning at the same time. Therefore application forms need filling out and I need to sell myself – which I am totally rubbish at!
But how do you make yourself sound amazing but not big-headed?
The application form I am completing at the moment is asking for scenarios when I have demonstrated leadership, relationship-building, and self-awareness to name but a few! I also had to do a video saying why I want the job and what I have to offer. Luckily Lauren has got a good set up due to filming for her youtube channel – so at least the lighting was good, the acting not so! We wrote a script and then Lauren read out a couple of sentences that I had to repeat as she was going to edit it afterwards. Well it took 27 mins (mainly of swear words I won’t repeat) to end up with 1.30 mins! I haven’t watched it back as just hearing it, while she was editing it, was enough. I’m not sure it will win me any Oscars and I’m fairly sure it won’t get me through to the next stage, but hopefully it will give me a bit of experience in completing applications as its been many years since I applied for a job. Please keep everything crossed for me!
So in other news… Lauren is doing OK, not great but OK. I’ve been up to Leeds every few weeks to see her as she’s not managed to get home. I just love our girly time but would love to be able to pamper her at home. Fingers crossed it won’t be too long before she can manage it.
x
By Proud Mumma Bear 
Applications are all about the facts. I’m a good problem solver, I’m great at customer service…that sort of thing. The interviews are where your personality shines through, so they can see you are not full of yourself, you just have certain useful skills. Good luck!
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Videos?!?! What happen to the “good ole days” when we just needed a resume, some interview key phrases (“My weakness is that I work too hard”) and a good handshake? After I finish my time in the clinic, I will venture onto the jab market again. So much has changed.
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Haha I’m really not the best at coming across well on video, drab and boring would be the best ways to describe it! But I’m honestly not that dull in real life!! Good luck for when you start looking x
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Job applications are horrible things – as you say, so hard to strike a balance – but the idea of video makes my skin crawl! Colleagues are uploading video nuggets onto their websites without a care in the world but hell will probably freeze over before I can bring myself to do the same!
PS Lovely to see you hear again – and NO PRESSURE! You have enough going on… Lx
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Haha Lauren said you’d told me off!! I definitely won’t be watching it back, it was bad enough doing and hearing it! Although they said they wouldn’t view your application differently if you didn’t do one, I figured if they asked for one then that’s what they really want! They’ll need a glass of wine to get through watching mine! Haha x
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Good luck with the application! 🙂
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Thank you x
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